Conquering your Love

EP 8

"Chris will be leaving tomorrow morning and Joy will be coming tomorrow afternoon. Just hold yourself up for the night because Chris won't make a big disaster overnight. Besides you yourself also saw how close Sasha and Chris are."

"He always acts indifferent even if he is a distant relative or not" Hans grumbled.

"Like me," muttered Lana softly. Lana sighed, looking up at Hans with a calm and gentle look filled with memories.

Hans frowned, trying to digest the intent from Lana's mutter. "What?"

"That's your main reason for fighting me - that I'm too fond of acting. Plus because Chris tried to ask me out three years ago. That's why you don't like Chris."

Hans looked at the girl in front of him fixedly, still frowning. "Did I ever say that?"

Lana nodded and turned around. "I have to help Sasha prepare food and drinks. If he'd prepared it alone, we'd just eat a cold, hard turkey sandwich and drink tap water."

"What are your plans for dinner?" asked Hans geli.

"Delicious baked chicken with savory mashed potatoes with abundant butter, fresh salads and fresh homemade bread from the oven, meat sauce, fresh asparagus and chocolate cake as dessert" sahut Lana while contemplating whether the food she thought would be enough.

"Can you cook?" hans asked in shock.

Lana glared at him from behind her shoulder. "You don't know that? Sasha never cooks if I'm here every weekend, except once when we're grilling meat. It's me who seasoned the meat."

Hans said nothing more, but unlike usual the man looked brooding.

After a while passed, the food was beautifully served on the dining table that Lana had arranged.Lana's face was flushed due to the heat in the kitchen and her hair was a mess, but Lana was happy because she had cooked such a delicious and perfect meal.

Sasha and Chris are very excited to taste all the food that Lana cooked but Hans is not as usual, just silent and silent. The man finished his chocolate cake and second cup of coffee before staring at his sister with a menacing look.

"Sha, you always say you cook every time our cook goes and Lana's here" Hans said clearly and unscrupulously.

Sasha's face was really blushing. He dropped his fork and did not dare to look into Lana's shocked eyes.

"You're always fussy about extra guests when our cook isn't around" Sasha's unawares protest that her answer only makes the atmosphere worse.

Hans's teeth chattered when he saw Lana's face. He threw his napkin and stood up noisily "You are not at all as sensitive as the cactus plant, Sasha!" says angry.

"Are you better?" sergeant Sasha with raised eyebrows that almost touched his hair. "You're the one who complains every time I invite Lana to come, even if she doesn't have any family but us. oh, my gosh."

Lana got up and collected the dirty dishes. He did not want to deal with the quarrel between the brothers. Even so he felt it and his heart ached knowing that Hans could not stand it and did not want his presence in the house, almost as painful as when Sasha who received praise for the food that he had been cooking.

"I'll help you clear the table, baby." said Chris, offering a meaningful look at the two brothers Alexander. "You two can take sensitivity training. You guys just trampled on Lana's feelings and self-esteem without the slightest bit of realising it. What a great 'second family' you are!"

Chris pushed Lana's shoulders and slowly they both disappeared towards the kitchen. For the first time, they see Chris angry.

Lana smiled at Chris. "Not to be taken by heart. I'm used to insults. I'm immune and used to Hans until I don't care about him anymore."

Chris lifted Lana's chin and read the pain emanating in her tender eyes "Hans always steps on your heart whenever he talks to you. He doesn't even know how you feel, but even a blind man can see it." Chris said bluntly.

Lana patted Chris on the cheek and said "You're a good man, Chris."

Chris shrugged his shoulders "I'm a good person but it's no use to me because the women will be swarming around with Hans because he's more handsome and rich. In the meantime Hans will only look down on the women who are chasing him, including you."

"Someday there will be a kind and sincere woman who will welcome your love, Chris. Don't give up." said Lana.

Chris chuckled "Will you welcome my love?"

Lana frowned her nose and laughed amusedly "You're so sweet but I'm having a crush on someone in my office. She is also sweet but her boyfriend treats her like trash. He deserves better."

"He'd be lucky if he could get you" Chris said sincerely.

Lana smile. They peeked in the loving scene as the door opened and Hans burst into the room. The man stopped immediately, clearly feeling uncomfortable with what he thought he was seeing. Especially when Lana jerks her hand off Chris' cheek and Chris releases Lana's chin.

"Something you forgot to say about Lana's whereabouts you didn't expect in your life?" chris asked in a lazy and mocking tone, and at once, the man who was usually known as the friendly man with his charming smile turned into a threatening figure.

"Sasha never really meant what she said but she never stopped thinking that the words she said could be very hurtful to others. He always lived in his world where he would always be the center of everything. Even Lana can now be here because of your runaway cook and Lana who will be the cook for you and your sister who is throwing a party. Moreover, ironically, Lana will work and will not get paid and now only insults from you that she receives. Don't you know that?" he added fiercely.

Sasha entered the room behind her sister, with her head bowed while stilling. He frowned as he stared at the accusatory look that radiated from Chris' eyes.

"I'm a jerk. But I didn't really mean to hurt anyone else, including Lana. I love Lana and she knows it. Even if you don't know."

"Huh, you really have a great way to show Lana your affection. Inviting Lana here just to cook at a party she had nothing to do with, was completely heartless."

"You can go home if you want, Lana. I'm so sorry." said Sasha with her head bowed.

"Oh my goodness, I don't mind cooking at all, Sha!" Lana said as she approached Sasha and hugged her tightly. "I can refuse if I don't want to. Chris was just being nice. That's all."

Sasha glared at Chris. " good!"

Chris glared back. "of course. It has become a declining trait in the family. Glad you could come Lana, would you be able to wash my car and scrub it until my car is completely shiny after you finish washing the dishes?" insinuations.

"Stop that!" Sasha scolded him.

"Then come in here and help wash the dishes. Or will your hands melt if exposed to hot water and dish soap?" chris's orders to Sasha.

"We have a dishwasher!" cut Hans with a ketus.

"God! Then you really saw that thing?" exclaim Chris.

Hans let out a rude swearing and galloped out from there.

"One fell over" said Chris with sparkling eyes and stared at Sasha "Live one more."

"Stop this, Chris. Or he'll throw you out of here and I'll be stuck here with Joy all weekend." said Lana slowly.

"Joy?" Chris nodded towards Sasha. "You invited Joy?"

Sasha gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. "He's the guest of honor!"

"Yes, God. Please get me a bus ticket!" Chris went to the door. "Sorry, sweetheart. I'm not a masochist, and a whole night with a fake Joy can get me into a mental institution. I'm leaving."

"But you just arrived!" sasha said howling.

Chris turned at the door. "You should have told me who would come to the party. I will definitely stay in the capital. You wanna come with me, Lana?" bargained for. "I'll definitely take you to a more fun party."

Sasha looks ready to kill "She's my friend!"

"No, because if you did, you wouldn't have invited him to come here and face Joy all weekend" Chris said.

"Let me out first, okay?" Lana raised both her hands and returned to the dining room to pick up the rest of the dirty dishes, while forcing to smile.

Chris glanced at the closed door and approached Sasha. " There's no need to try to convince me that you don't know how Lana feels about your sister."

"She had forgotten that feeling years ago. He said it himself!"

"He's lying" said Chris. "She still loves Hans like she used to and neither of you realize it! She was tormented just being around Hans and you let her face Joy instead. How do you think she feels, seeing Joy clinging to Hans all the time?"

Sasha bit her lower lip and appeared trapped. "She said..."

"Oh of course he'll tell you that he loves your brother. Very good instinct, dear Sasha!"

"Don't call me that!" sasha was angry.

Chris bowed and swept a brash kiss to Sasha's open lips, making the woman gasp. Chris' dark eyes narrowed as he provoked a response that implied that reluctance. "Never think of me like that, huh?"